Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-19
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1887.

ABRAHAM ERNsr's larse s,earn saw-mil
at Good Spring, Pa, was totally destroyed
by fire on the night of the 18Th A large
quantity of lumber was also burned, en-
failing heavy loss. The fire is supposed
to have been the work Of an incendary.
Hon. W. p BococK, -twic, Attorney
General of Virginia, and member Of the
constitutional convention of 1850, died on
the 14th in Appomattox County, Va, aged
eighty years.
FIRE at Willimantic, Conn, on the night
Of the 18th, destroyed the mill IF E A.
Buck q Co. The Willimantic Electric
Light Company's works were ruined.
Bucks loss is estimated at $4,000. No es-
tImate can vet be made of the amount Of
the loss to the Electric Light Company.
HARRY s. WEsCoTT, night clerk at the
Walnut Street House, Cincinnati, is MISS
ing. He left the money drawer ard safe
locked, 80 that they had to be broken
open. 1t is estimated that he carried of
about $500 belonging TO the hotel and to
guests who had depo sited their valuables
with him.
MAYOR HEWITT, of New York, has So
lected Jas. e. Bayles. editor of the Iron
Age and Nddt- Worker, as president of the
Board of Health, to succeed General Sha-
Ter, removed. Mayor Hewitt administers
the oath Of office to Mr.. Bayles on the 14th.
Mr.. Bay les has teen for many years the
foremost writer on sanitary matters in
the country.
The sheriff of Howard County, Ia, took
Judson Talmadge, the embezzling agent
OF the American Express Company at
Ceresco, Ia, from Lockport,.N Y, on the
14th. Talmadge was short $500 in his
accounts. He was two months in Canada
and gave himself up at Suspension Bridge
a few days ago.
MAvRoYENI BEY, the newly accredited
Minister Of Turkey to the United States,
was formally presented to the President,
on the 14th, by Secretary Bayard.
THE issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
March IL was SAT, ,252. The issue during
the corresponding period of last year was
S411,7S0. The shipments of fractional sill
yer coin since March amount to Sl33, 1873
The appearance Of several well-de-
veloped cases OF smallpox in Janesville,
Wis, is causing general alarm. Fears
are entertained OF its spreading, and a
special meeting of the Common Council
was called to make arrangements for a
city hospital
TIE condition Of Secretary Manni ng,
who is i'll at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, was somewhat improved on the
14th, and his condition is not con nsidered
at all dangerous, although it was said he
would be compelled 10 postpone his de-
parture for Europe until The 10th, when
he will sail on the Umbria.
IT is stated on good authority that DIR.
McGlynn has received several letters
from Rome within the past few days.
One from Cardinal Gibbons states
that the Pope is desirous of
having DR.. McGynn visit Rome
and Cardinal Gibbons was in.
structed to 80 advise him. The other let
ters are from bishops now in the con-
sistory at Rome who commend DR.. Nc
Glynn for his course. 1t is believed that
DR.. McGlynn's reinstatement is simply a
matter of time.
The New York Times says that stock
brokers were betting freely that when the
smoke clears away the new owner of the
Baltimore ~ Ohio would be found to be
Jay Gould.